Expectation of a final cumulative test enhances long-term retention

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1007-1013

  Szpunar, Karl K ^a   McDermott, Kathleen B ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 34548619600     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193473     Document Type: Article

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